Weather: Sunny, 50-60's, slightly windy
There isn't much pollen around and the flowers are drying up. The only flowers blooming right now seem to be mums and you'll see an occasional honeybee or bumblebee on them. The leaves are all changing and I'd estimate that half of the leaves on the maple trees in front of the house have already blown away.
We went to check on the bees to see if we needed to add more sugar water and there was probably a gallon left in each hive. Jim and I decided to leave it on for another week and then remove it. If they're not feeding any longer, they've built up a nice reserve of food to last them the winter...at least that's what the hope is.
We reduced the entrance to the smallest hole on each. Our intention for this coming weekend is to place the wooden boards underneath each and then wrap each in tar paper like we did last winter. We'll use Jim's trick with the popsicle sticks by the top cover to keep the air circulating. We'll leave them alone until just before Spring when we give them sugar water and the cycle begins again.
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